Reefer2 wrote:Call me stupid but as a Canuck fan when I see what he can do and the potential from him why do I have this feeling of overwhelming doom that something bad will happen???

So 1 more year in junior and then the big team or does he need a year in the AHL?

So much ,IMHO, depends upon the year JS has. If he shows he belongs here I can see the Canucks letting Horvat get at least one year in Utica. If JS goes the way of Grabner then ya I think you see Bo on this Team next year. I do think Shinky has a better chance of making the team next year as we can always use a sniper up front, and if we had not picked up Dalpne and Stanton Shinky would have gotten his 10 games this year.

Of course if we let the twins walk I'd expect to see both kids next year whether they are ready or not. Let's just hope they don't' turn out to be the incarnation of Holden and Druken

Reefer2 wrote:Call me stupid but as a Canuck fan when I see what he can do and the potential from him why do I have this feeling of overwhelming doom that something bad will happen???

Because it's you, man. You've been posting stuff like this for seven frickin' years now (as long as I've been around anyway)..

So 1 more year in junior and then the big team or does he need a year in the AHL?

Who knows. About the only thing we know is that next year is another NHL or OHL year for Horvat (and Shinkaruk of course), just like this year was for Gaunce.

Next year Gaunce will debut in the AHL if he cannot make the big club and the year after that Horvat and Shinkaruk will too.

My guess is that Horvat is worth a nine game look at the very least next year, although we've seen the team doesn't like using roster spots for that purpose if it means losing out on depth for the rest of the year (ie. waiving a semi-serviceable player).

Reefer2 wrote:Call me stupid but as a Canuck fan when I see what he can do and the potential from him why do I have this feeling of overwhelming doom that something bad will happen???

So 1 more year in junior and then the big team or does he need a year in the AHL?

So much ,IMHO, depends upon the year JS has. If he shows he belongs here I can see the Canucks letting Horvat get at least one year in Utica. If JS goes the way of Grabner then ya I think you see Bo on this Team next year. I do think Shinky has a better chance of making the team next year as we can always use a sniper up front, and if we had not picked up Dalpne and Stanton Shinky would have gotten his 10 games this year.

Of course if we let the twins walk I'd expect to see both kids next year whether they are ready or not. Let's just hope they don't' turn out to be the incarnation of Holden and Druken

Forget about the smurf, he will not be a regular for the Canucks, he's just too small and unless he learned from Roy last year he does not have a role on the team. A body to hold a spot on the bench for BoHo!

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Blob Mckenzie wrote:You're right . He could have been another Andrew Alberts.

Or, he could've been pretty damned good.

Sedin twins didn't get good until the age of 26.

Naslund didn't break out until the age of 26 as well.

People still have high hopes for Edler and he's around that age as well.

How are we to know that Bourdon wouldn't have done the same?

Remember his very first training camp in Van? The guy came out on fire and had some very big hits if I recall correctly. Granted - his second training camp was a letdown, but there's just no way of knowing or predicting how he would have panned out.